; (ii) providing remittances that fund start-ups in their countries of origin and (iii) returning entrepreneurial skills to … general development contribution of migration over and above its contribution through entrepreneurship. The implication is …

transformation of lower-income countries by enabling credit-constrained workers to enter into non-agricultural entrepreneurship. …

This paper asks: do remittances promote entrepreneurship? Remittances have become one of the largest forms of cross … and entrepreneurship rates across countries. Our results suggest that remittances promote early-stage business development … (Meyer & Shera, 2017). By directly providing relief, remittances are an important income and capital source for family …

We incorporate remittances and microentrepreneurship (self-employment) into a small open-economy business cycle model … with capital and labor market frictions. Countercyclical remittances moderate the decline of households' consumption during … recessions. These remittances also are used to finance the start-up costs of microenterprises that bolster households' income …

Formal institutions, e.g., regulations, are considered crucial determinants of entrepreneurship, but what enables … regulatory change when there is a regulatory void, meaning entrepreneurship clashes with existing regulations? Drawing on public … of entrepreneurship. …